PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-16 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers; against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

 

Vikram was a brave king. Once, he had to …(1)… against a large army with just a few soldiers, he was defeated. He had to run for his life. Vikram took shelter in a forest cave. He was very depressed. His courage had left him. He was blankly …(2)… at the ceiling of the cave. An interesting scene captured his attention. A small spider was trying to weave a web across the cave ceiling. As the spider crawled up, a thread of the web broke and the spider fell down. But the spider did not …(3)… up. He tried to climb again and again. Finally, the spider successfully climbed up and completed the web. Vikram began to think, "If a small spider can face failure so bravely, why should I give up? I will try with all might till I win". This thought gave strength to the defeated king. Vikram got out of the jungle and collected his …(4)… soldiers. He fought against the large army. He was defeated again. But now, he would not give up his fight. Vikram again and again fought against the large army and …(5)…, after many attempts defeated the large army and regained his kingdom. He had learnt a lesson from the spider.

Question No : 1

(1) Fight          

(2) Lose          

(3) Fail

(4) Run

(5) Escape

Question No : 2

(1) Sleeping     

(2) Writing      

(3) Gazing       

(4) Asking       

(5) Talking

Question No : 3

(1) Hold

(2) Run

(3) Go 

(4) Climb        

(5) Give

Question No : 4

(1) Small         

(2) Brave         

(3) Lenient      

(4) Late           

(5) King

Question No : 5

(1) Initially      

(2) Never        

(3) Faltered     

(4) Finally       

(5) Starting